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CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS
The Fifteenth Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2018)
June 3rd - June 7th, 2018, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Web Page: https://2018.eswc-conferences.org
Twitter: @eswc_conf
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESWCCONF
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Call for Workshops
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ESWC is a premier venue for discussing the latest scientific results and
innovations in the field of semantic technologies on the Web and Linked Data,
attracting a high number of participants from academia and industry alike.
Co-located workshops at ESWC conferences are essential meeting points for
discussing ongoing work and late-breaking results, as well as shaping new ideas
and research fields. We particularly invite workshop proposals looking at
Semantic Web related topics from an interdisciplinary standpoint, proposals
focussing on novel aspects of the Semantic Web and Web of Data, and proposals
aiming at gathering existing and forming new sub-communities. We encourage the
submission of workshop proposals on:
- Fundamental technical and theoretical problems of the Semantic Web / Linked Data and Knowledge Graph,
- Applications of Semantic Web technologies in domains such as Mobility and
Smart Cities, Life Sciences, Industry 4.0, Earth Science, Digital Humanities,
Law, Media, etc.,
- Key enabling technologies and their adaptation to the needs of the Semantic
Web,
- Aspects of Semantic Web research that have been neglected or underrepresented
so far,
- Techniques and methods from other research fields that are of relevance for
Semantic Web research (e.g., artificial intelligence, databases, NLP, big data
analytics, machine learning, human computer interaction, information retrieval,
web science, etc.), and
- New emerging topics and areas
In particular, we also encourage the submission of workshops that do not follow
the format of a mini-conference. Preference will be given to workshops
fostering alternative formats, e.g., hackathons, demo jams, or breakout
sessions.
General Information and Criteria
Each proposal will be reviewed by the members of the workshop programme
committee, and ranked based on the overall quality of the proposal and the
workshop's fit to the conference as detailed below. Their recommendations will
determine the final decision on the acceptance / rejection of each proposal,
which is to be taken by the Workshop Chairs as well as by the General Chair of
ESWC 2017.
The criteria for judging the quality of workshop proposals are as follows:
- Workshops cover topics falling in the general scope of the ESWC conference.
- Workshops are intended to be genuine interactive events and not
mini-conferences.
- We welcome workshops with creative structures and organisations that attract
various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions.
- Workshops should have a clear focus on a specific technology, problem or
application.
- There is a community interested in the workshop's topic.
- Workshop duration is normally expected to be half a day or a full day.
- We strongly advise having more than one organiser and no more than four,
preferably from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the
workshop topic.
In case overlapping workshops are proposed, the Workshop Chairs may contact the
organisers to discuss the possibility of merging workshops. Please note that
the duration of a workshop might need to be adjusted based on the overall
number of workshop submissions received. Furthermore, workshops that have less
than 10 people registered at the early registration deadline might be canceled.
The organisers of accepted workshops will be responsible for their own
reviewing process, publicity (e.g., website, timelines and call for papers),
and proceedings production, if required. The organisers will also be required
to closely cooperate with the Workshop Chairs and the ESWC 2018 Local Chairs to
finalise all organisational details. Workshop attendees must pay the ESWC 2018
workshop registration fee, as well as the conference registration fee.
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Important Dates
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Workshop proposals due: December 6th, 2017 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Notification of acceptance: December 31st, 2017 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Workshop website due: January 19th, 2018 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Workshop camera-ready proceedings due: May 1st, 2018 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Workshop days: June 3rd and 4th, 2018
Suggested Timeline for Workshop Papers
Submission deadline: Friday March 2, 2018
Notifications: Friday March 30, 2018
Camera-ready version: Friday April 13, 2018
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Submission Guidelines
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Workshop proposals have to be submitted via EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eswc2018wt.
Each proposal must consist of a single PDF document written in English, not
longer than four pages, which contains the following information:
- The title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying its
goals and motivation.
- A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this time.
- A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, the
workshop audience, as well as the expected number of participants.
- A brief description (draft outline) of the proposed workshop format,
discussing the mix of events and activities such as paper presentations,
invited talks, panels, hacking sessions, breakout sessions, or general
discussion slots, and an approximate timeline.
- A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to
be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal).
- An indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day or
full-day event.
- Related workshops and conferences, i.e. specify if this is the continuation
of a workshop series or is a new workshop to address an emerging issue. Please
provide information about past versions of this workshop and other related
workshops (including URLs and submission / acceptance counts, if available).
- Names and contact information of the workshop organisers/chair(s) (name,
affiliation, email address, homepage and short (one paragraph) biography of
each chair, explaining the chair's expertise for the workshop including past
experience in organising / facilitating workshops). Preferably provide a single
contact person per submission.
The best papers from each workshop may be included in the supplementary
proceedings of ESWC 2018, which will appear in the Springer LNCS series.
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Call for Tutorials
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ESWC is a premier venue for discussing the latest scientific results and
innovations in the field of semantic technologies on the Web and Linked Data,
attracting a high number of participants from academia and industry alike. ESWC
2018 invites tutorials that address the interests of its varied audience:
people new to the Semantic Web, Semantic Web researchers and practitioners that
wish to learn new technologies, users of Semantic Web technologies, and
representatives of government and funding agencies as well as potential private
investors in Semantic Web technologies. We welcome submissions of tutorial
proposals on all major topics related to semantic technologies.
We especially solicit proposals for tutorials of the following types:
- Tutorials with a coherent theme providing an introduction to new semantic
technologies, methods, techniques, and trends (e.g. Linked Open Data, Knowledge
Graph, semantic data integration, reasoning,question answering, ontology-based
data access, ontology design principles, provenance and trust, etc.).
- Tutorials describing the application of semantic technologies in specific
domains (e.g., life-sciences, e-government, e-commerce, cultural heritage,
educations, mobile, music, etc.).
- Tutorials presenting techniques from other fields that are of relevance for
Semantic Web research, including social sciences, digital humanities,
biomedical research, HCI, Information Retrieval, databases, NLP, Internet of
Things, data visualization, etc.
Tutorials may focus on theoretical topics, however, we encourage organizers to
incorporate hands-on sessions where appropriate. The tutorial should reach a
good balance between the topic coverage and its relevance to the community.
Tutorials can be half a day or a full day.
We suggest having up to two presenters for half day tutorials and up to four
presenters for full day ones, preferably from different institutions,
contributing different perspectives to the tutorial topic.
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Important Dates
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Tutorial proposals due: December 6th, 2017 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Notification of acceptance: December 31st, 2017 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Tutorial website due: January 19th, 2018 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Tutorial material due: May 1st, 2018 - 23:59 Hawaii Time
Tutorial days: June 3rd and 4th, 2018
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Terms and Conditions
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All organizers (presenters) of accepted tutorials are expected to:
- register for and participate in ESWC 2018 and have an active role in the
tutorial;
- prepare and maintain a website that describes the tutorial and includes all
relevant information;
- submit the material for attendees (slide sets, additional teaching material,
software installation and usage guides for practical hands-on sessions, etc.)
to the Tutorial Chairs and making it available on the tutorial website.
The ESWC 2018 Organizing Committee is responsible for providing publicity for
the tutorials as part of the conference publicity activities, and on-site
logistical support to the organizers and attendees. In the interest of the
overall quality of the conference, the tutorial chairs reserve the right to
merge tutorials and/or adjust their scope in case a minimum number of
registrations is not reached by the early registration deadline.
Tutorial attendees must pay the ESWC 2018 tutorial registration fee, as well as
the conference registration fee.
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Submission Details
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Tutorial proposals have to be submitted via EasyChair at
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eswc2018wt.
Each proposal must consist of a single PDF document written in English, not
longer than four pages, which contains the following information:
- Abstract. 200 words maximum, for inclusion on the ESWC 2018 website.
- Tutorial description. It should contain the following information: objectives
of the tutorial and relevance to ESWC 2018; scope and level of detail of the
material to be covered; intended audiences; learning objectives; practical
sessions; references.
- Tutorial length. The tutorial can be full or half day (if the tutorial can be
either length, please be sure to identify which material is included for each
length).
- Other occurrences. Specify other venues at which the tutorial or part thereof
has or will be presented, in addition to explaining if/how the current tutorial
differs from the other editions. Links to the slides of those tutorial editions
should be included in the proposal.
- Presenter information. Brief professional biography of the presenter(s)
documenting their expertise as well as previous training and speaking
experience (such as teaching and tutorial presentation).
All proposals will be reviewed by the Tutorial Chairs as well as a committee of
senior Semantic Web representatives and discussed within the organization
committee of the ESWC 2018.
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